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Indepdepent Food Aid Network. (2023).
Member Survey August 2023. [Online] Available at: https://www.foodaidnetwork.org.uk/surveys/member-survey-august-2023 [Accessed 17 June 2025].
Independent food banks are reporting a bleak picture of more and more people facing financial hardship and in need of their help. Our August 2023 survey finds food bank managers deeply concerned about the growing number of people with nowhere else to turn and a calamitous winter to come.
84%
reported increased need comparing April to July 2023 with last summer
100%
of contributing organisations said they were supporting households seeking help for the first time including elderly and working people
Nearly half
of contributing organisations reported a rise in the number of parents and carers struggling to feed babies
96 organisations running 197 independent food banks and some other charitable food aid venues responded to IFAN’s August 2023 survey between the 1st and the 15th of August 2023. Questions related to April to July 2023 as compared to April to July 2022.
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